Minnie Alice Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047829
MRDS ID M700151
MAS/MILS ID 0530590062
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Alice Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-122.21426, 46.36314 (WGS84) 945 1000 ABOUT 4 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF COLDWATER LAKE; ABOUT 6.5 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SPIRIT LAKE
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Ore Body -122.2044, 46.36096 (WGS84) 1000 Point in MAS record

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 005E 08 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.21426, 46.36314
Ore Body (2) Upper Eocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY FROM RECENT MAPPING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 09-JUN-09 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.